Intransitivity, the spatial interaction model, and US migration streams.

M. F. Goodchild, T. R. Smith

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Abstract

The flows predicted by a large class of spatial interaction models are transitive, yet US migration tables have been shown to contain large numbers of intransitivities. This paper investigates a number of possible conditions under which flows regulated by the spatial interaction model might be observed to be intransitive. A singly constrained gravity model is calibrated for a number of flow tables, and distorted by sampling error, by aggregation over strata, and by an independently distributed error term. The results of the calibrations of the spatial interaction model using U.S. interstate migration flows, 1935-1970, are given and compared with others previously published.- from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1131-1144
Number of pages14
JournalEnvironment & Planning A
Volume12
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

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